Improvement in hay-loaders



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IMPROVEM ENT IN' HAY-LOADERS.

Specilication forming part of Letters Patent No. 53,470, dated March 27,1866.

To all 'whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, OLIVER T. NANNY, of Mamakating, county of Sullivan,and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement inHay-Loaders; and Ido hereby declare the same is fully described andrepresented in the following speciication and the accompanying drawings,ot' which- Figure l is a top view; Fig. 9, a side elevation, and Fig. 3an end view.

VThe nature of my invention consists in attaching to a wagon a combinedcrane, windlass, and hay-fork, which, from its peculiar form, will withvery little assistance pick up hay from either side of a wagon and placethe same on the load, and can be easily lowered or entirely removed fromthe wagon when not in use.

In the drawings, A represents an ordinary far1n\\"a-gon; B, a tubular orhollow post placed on the rear otl the platform, supported by stays O O,&c. D is the crane, connected to the said post by means otl circularbraces or rings E E, which enables the crane D to play around the post Eand carry with it in its movements the hay-fork Gr. The hay-fork G has aspring', G', and catch H, to which a guiderope,'I, is attached, for thepurpose of directing the movements of the crane, and by pulling onorjerking the said rope enables the fork to disengage itself from thehay when placed on the load. Furthermore, thereis another rope, J, fromone end ot" which the hay-fork is suspended. Said rope passes overguide-pulleys K K in the crane, down through the hollow post B, aroundthe drum or windlass L, and finally is attached at its other end to aspear, M. The windlass L has a ratchet, N, and pawl O, which, togetherwith the bifurcated spring-catch l?, attached to the crane, will sustainthe hay-fork in any desired position, as shown in the drawings.

its springpl and cord 1. This bifurcated catch has three tipes orprongs, t t t, two ot' which enter corresponding holes t t', &c., in theposts B and D, thus clamping the said posts together for the purpose otholding the crane in a stationary position while the load in thehay-fork is being raised or lowered; and by pulling on the cord q thecatch P will be drawn against its spring p from the posts B and D andthe crane allowed to play around its center, carrying the catch P withit, which can be made to operate on either side of the crane, and isheld up when in action by the spring p.

In operating with my improved hay-loader I place the spear M firmly inthe ground at some distance in rear ot' the wagon. Next I introduce thetines of the hay-forli underneath thehay-cock to be placed on the load.I now start the wagon forward, and from the fact that one end of therope is attached to the s pear (thence passing around the drum) and theother end fastened to the hay-fork, as the wagon proceeds the hay-fork,with its load. will be raised from the held, and, by means of theguide-rope, placed where desired on the load, and so on, repeating thesaine movements until the wagon-load is completed; and by similarmovements the load can be as easily removed from the wagon onto thehay-rick or barn, and the loader used for other purposes.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The tubular post B, with its rings E E, in combination with the crane D,the hay-fork G, and bit'urcated spring-catch P, for the purposesdescribed.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my signature.

OLIVER T. NANNY.

Witnesses DAVID HOLLEY, OLIVER NANNY.

